Brazilian footwear exports increased by 21% in April compared to the same month of 2012. This recovery comes after a period of falling sales abroad. The export of 10.18 million pairs for revenue of US$88.14 million has been a big relief for the sector.
The US shoe manufacturing has fallen by 1.4% in the last five years. This estimate was presented by IBISWorld, a leading consultant and market researcher.
You can but almost anything in Tesco these days as people who live in the UK will readily arrest to. This includes footwear and now, according to Leatherbiz, reports from Ethiopia say that this leading British retailer is in talks to export footwear from four Ethiopian companies.
Clariant has presented a new product called EasyGuard, an aqueous, anti-dirt system for leather. The Company explained that this product is easy to use, sustainable, economic and will be especially welcomed by tanners working for the automotive, upholstery, footwear and fashion accessories sectors.
As a foretaste of the FIFA World Cup in 2014, host-country Brazil is staging the smaller Confederations Cup tournament in June, featuring predominantly the most recent winners of continental football tournaments across the world.
The ICT has unanimously confirmed Wolfgang Goerlich of Brazil as its president for a second consecutive term of two years. Rino Mastrotto, current president of COTANCE, was named ICT vice president. The appointments were made during the recent APLF fair held in Hong Kong at the end of March.
